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T-. J. PITZPATRIGK'.

WEATHER STRIP. .No. 336,907. Patented Mar. 2, 188 6.

UNITED STATES PATENT Oriana.

THOMAS JOHN FITZPATRICK, OF MONTIOELLO, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 336,907, dated March 2,1886. Application filed December 9, 1885. Serial No. 185,166. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. FITZPATRIOK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Monticello, in the county of Van Wert and State ofOhio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Weather-Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in weather strips for doors; andit consistsin the peculiar construction and combination of devices thatwill be more fully set forthhereinafter, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a weather-stripembodying my invention attached to a door, the latter being partly open.Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a portion ofthe door anddoor-frame, with my improved weather-strip attached thereto, the doorbeing shown closed. Fig.3 is a sectional view through the door, showingthe strips thrown back as it is when opening the door.

A represents the door-frame; B, the carpetstrip on the sill thereof, and0 represents the door, which is hinged to the door-frame in the usualway. Near the lower edge of the door, on one side thereof, is secured ametallic strip, D, which is arranged horizontally on the door and hasits lower edge extended out therefrom, as at D.

To the extended edge of the stripD is hinged a weather-strip, E, whichis preferably made of wood and of the form here shown, and is hinged tothe strip D by means of staples F.

G represents a spring-bar, which is secured at one end to the door,under the strip D, and has its free end working in akeeper, H,which isattached to the inner edge of the weatherstrip. This spring-bar pressesnormally outwardly from the door, so as to keep the weather-stripnormally raised to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

I represents a tappet-arm, which projects from the inner edge of theweather-strip, near the outer end thereof. The upper side of the outerend of the weather-strip, when the lat ter is made of wood, is sheathedwith metal,

as at e, to prevent wear or abrasion of the said strip. A stud, K, islocated on the inner upper side of the carpet-strip, in the path of thetappet-arm, as shown. In the side ofthe doorframe against which the doorcloses is secured a cam or keeper, L, which is located at a suitableangle. iVhen the door is open, the spring G raises the weather-strip, ashereinbefore described, and when the door is closed the tappet-arm firststrikes against the stud on the carpet-strip and depresses theWeatherstrip against the tension of the spring G, causing the outer edgeof the weather-strip to strike against the inclined keeper L, by whichthe Weather-strip is forced downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2in solidlines, and causes the outer edge of the said strip to bearagainst the upper side of the doorsill and effectually close the crackbelow the door.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination, with thedoor, of the weather-strip hinged thereto, and having the tappet-arm,the spring bearing against the weather-strip to raise the latter, andthe stud against which the tappet-arm strikes when the door closes todepress the weather-strip, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the door, of the weather-strip hinged thereto,and having the tappetarm, the spring bearing against the weather-stripto raise the latter, and the stud against which the tappet-arn1 strikeswhen the door closes to depress the weather-strip, and the keeper K,secured to the door-frame at an angle to force the outer edge of theweatherstrip against the door-sill, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy sign'atureiu presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS JOHN FITZPATRIOK. Witnesses:

J OHN N. BAILEY, J OHN E. P npY.

